2009 Markle Wildcat Festival

The 2009 Markle Wildcat Festival “Music thru the Decades” August 21 – 23 is shaping up to be another fun filled weekend full of lots of great free activities for the kids and tons of great entertainment for the whole family. Located at the beautiful Markle Park, Markle ,IN.
 The festival really gets started Sunday August 16th with the Princess Wildcat Scholarship Pageant to be held at the Markle Church of Christ. So girls if you live in Rockcreek or Union Townships in Wells or Huntington counties go to HYPERLINK "http://www.wildcatfestival" www.wildcatfestival .com and print off the entry forms and information or contact Ann Elmore at (824-0912) and enter for your chance to win a 500.00 scholarship. The winner will be announced Friday Aug. 21 on the festival stage.

Then beginning Friday night Aug. 21 the evening will start with a pulled pork dinner sponsored by the MarkleBank and entertaining will be the Little Big Band, enjoy listening to the sounds of the 40’s big band music while having dinner. See if you have what it takes to win the pie –bake off, $ 175.00 in prizes up for grabs, information can be found on the festival web site. Later the winners of the Markle Grouch contest will be announced, also the 2009 Princess Wildcat will be crowned. The kids might enjoy getting a team up for the 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Then have fun the rest of the night rock’n out to the sounds of the Bel Airs. Vendors will also be open throughout the evening.
 On Saturday Aug. 22 the day starts off with the parade at 10:00am traveling down Hwy. 3 (Clark St.) with Ruby Kreisher & Linda Reed acting as Grand Marshal’s. Then head to the Markle Park for a day filled with lots of fun things to do. Lots of free events will be going on for the kids, face painting , caricatures, inflatable games. You can try out scuba diving at the Markle Pool in the Discover Scuba Diving program that will be held every hour, only $ 15.00, there will also be a life guard challenge race with prizes awarded to the top 3 finishers on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere in the park there will be a cornhole tournament,17 and older 3 on 3 basketball tournament, and frog jumping contest (bring your own frog). Or for a donation you can play Bingo and win lots of great prizes. And if you like it a little quieter starting at 5:00p.m. you can sit back and enjoy the music on the acoustic stage located in the back pavilion. Bring your lawn chairs so you can enjoy all the entertainment throughout the day Saturday celebrating the festival theme “Music thru the Decades”.
The festival main stage under the tent will be hosting lots of great entertainment all day long. Starting at 12:00 with the Brown family playing classic big band songs and then at 1:15 Music Americana will hit the stage with a fun show consisting of historical music from 1700 – 1865. At 2:30 the Chain – O Lakes Barbershop Chorus takes the stage filling the air with their beautiful harmonies. At 3:00 you can hear guitar studio students play what they have been learning , they are the music in future Decades. Then at 4:00 a little something for the younger crowd, Mannequin Angels ( Ethan Kattau, Josh Wenning & David Geders) will perform some indie style music. At 5 p.m. The Todd Harrold Band will be on stage to show the crowd his renditions of 70’s style jazz. Performing At 8 p.m. Fatima Washington will put a little R & B twist on things. And at 9 p.m. The local band The Jones will be rock’n the stage with classic rock to finish out the evening.

On Sunday the day will start with the classic cars rolling into the park for the car show which will have lots of games for everyone. Also the Flower and vegetable show will get underway with prizes awarded to best overall in both categories. At 3 p.m. there will also be a Big Slide skidding for distance contest located at the Markle Pool… How far can you skim across the top of the water. Vendors will also be open all day. 
For more information or entry forms go to www.wildcatfestival.com


Lisa Street
Organizing Committee
Markle Wildcat Festival